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Synophrys
A unibrow (or jacco brow or monobrow; called synophrys in medicine) is a single eyebrow created when the two eyebrows meet in the middle above the bridge of the nose. The hair above the bridge of the nose is of the same color and thickness as the eyebrows, such that they converge to form one uninterrupted line of hair. History The word ''monobrow'' first appeared in print in 1968, and the adjectival form ''monobrowed'' followed in 1973, in Martin Amis' novel ''The Rachel Papers''. The first known use of the word ''unibrow'' was in 1981. Culture and beauty Some nations prize the unibrow. It is a sign of beauty among Baluchi Omanis, whose women sometimes draw a black line joining the brows as a part of their routine makeup to fake a unibrow. A study found the prevalence of synophrys to be at 11.87% in the Omani population. In Tajikistan, where the unibrow is similarly viewed as attractive, some women dry and extract an herb known locally as ''usma'' and daub it onto their brows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia De Lange Syndrome
Cornelia de Lange syndrome (CdLS) is a genetic disorder. People with Cornelia de Lange syndrome experience a range of physical, cognitive, and medical challenges ranging from mild to severe. Cornelia de Lange syndrome has a widely varied phenotype, meaning people with the syndrome have varied features and challenges. The typical features of CdLS include thick or long eyebrows, a small nose, small stature, developmental delay, long or smooth philtrum, thin upper lip and downturned mouth. The syndrome is named after Dutch pediatrician Cornelia Catharina de Lange, who described it in 1933. It is often termed Brachmann de Lange syndrome or Bushy syndrome and is also known as Amsterdam dwarfism. Its exact incidence is unknown, but it is estimated at 1 in 10,000 to 30,000. Signs and symptoms The phenotype of CdLS is highly varied and is described as a spectrum; from Classic CdLS (with a greater number of key features) to mild variations with only a few features. Some people will ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sophia Hadjipanteli
Sophia Hadjipanteli (; born 25 May 1997) is a Greek Cypriot model, most notable for her unibrow look. She initially gained public attention in the UK in 2017 and first appeared in fashion shows during London's Fashion week 2020. Early life Hadjipanteli was born on 25 May 1997 and was raised in Maryland, together with her brother.Hadjipanteli's first language is Greek as both her parents have Greek-Cypriot heritage, with her father was an accountant who was born in Cyprus.As a Cypriot refugee, he learned English, alongside his children as they grew up in the US. At age 14 she was discovered by Mario Testino - her mum, born in London, is a photographer and it was one of her photos that got Hadjipanteli her first modelling position with Italian Vogue when she was 15yrs old. She studied marketing at the University of Maryland where she started modeling for brands like Hugo Boss or Guess. Career Hadjipanteli gained public attention as an Instagram model in 2017, and went on appear i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amaurosis
Amaurosis (Greek meaning ''darkening'', ''dark'', or ''obscure'') is vision loss or weakness that occurs without an apparent lesion affecting the eye. It may result from either a medical condition or excess acceleration, as in flight. The term is the same as the Latin ''gutta serena'', which means, in Latin, ''clear drop'' (or ''bright drop''). ''Gutta serena'' is a condition of partial or complete blindness with a transparent, clear pupil. This term contrasts with ''suffusio nigra'' which means, in Latin, ''dark suffusion'', indicating partial or complete blindness with a dark pupil, e.g., a cataract. Milton, already totally blind for twelve years (some scholars think from retinal detachment; others have diagnosed glaucoma) by the time he published Paradise Lost ''Paradise Lost'' is an Epic poetry, epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The poem concerns the Bible, biblical story of the fall of man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the falle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acromesomelic Dysplasia
Acromesomelic dysplasia is a rare skeletal disorder that causes abnormal bone and cartilage development, leading to shortening of the forearms, lower legs, hands, feet, fingers, and toes. Five different genetic mutations have been implicated in the disorder. Treatment is individualized but is generally aimed at palliating symptoms, for example, treatment of kyphosis and lumbar hyperlordosis. Signs and symptoms Acromesomelic dysplasia (AMD) is characterized by the inhibition of growth of certain long bones such as the forearms and lower legs. This disease typically becomes apparent during the first years of life. Forearms, lower legs, hands and feet do not grow proportionally with the rest of the body. Over time, individuals can have a hard time fully extending their arms, rotating the arms inwards towards the body with palms facing down and rotating the arms outward with the palms facing upward. Abnormalities of cartilage and bone development may also cause the bones within the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantú Syndrome
Cantú syndrome is a rare condition characterized by hypertrichosis, osteochondrodysplasia, and cardiomegaly.Initial posting 2014 Fewer than 50 cases have been described in the literature; they are associated with a mutation in the ''ABCC9''-gene that codes for the ABCC9-protein. Signs and symptoms The main features of this condition are hypertrichosis, osteochondrodysplasia, and cardiomegaly. There is also a characteristic Facies (medical), facies. Other features include patent ductus arteriosus, congenital hypertrophy of the left ventricle, and pericardial effusions. Neurodevelopmental outcome appears normal, but obsessive traits and anxiety have been reported. It may also be associated with recurrent infections with low immunoglobulin levels and gastric bleeding, and additional possible associations include lymphoedema and heterochromia iridis. Cause Cantú syndrome apparently is inherited in an autosomal dominant fashion and appears to be affected by the ''ABCC9'' gene. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michels Syndrome
Michels syndrome is a syndrome characterised by intellectual disability, craniosynostosis, blepharophimosis, ptosis, epicanthus inversus, highly arched eyebrows, and hypertelorism. People with Michels syndrome vary in other symptoms such as asymmetry of the skull, eyelid, and anterior chamber anomalies, cleft lip and palate, umbilical anomalies, and growth and cognitive development Cognitive development is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology focusing on a child's development in terms of information processing, conceptual resources, perceptual skill, language learning, and other aspects of the developed adult bra .... See also * Malpuech facial clefting syndrome, another condition in the 3MC spectrum References External links Syndromes with craniofacial abnormalities Congenital disorders Autosomal recessive disorders Rare syndromes {{genetic-disorder-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philtrum
The philtrum (, from Ancient Greek , lit. 'love charm') or medial cleft is a vertical indentation in the middle area of the upper lip, common to therian mammals, extending in humans from the nasal septum to the tubercle of the upper lip. Together with a glandular rhinarium and slit-like nostrils, it is believed to constitute the primitive condition for at least therian mammals. Monotremes lack a philtrum, though this could be due to the specialised, beak-like jaws in living species. Function In most mammals, the philtrum is a narrow groove that may carry dissolved odorants from the rhinarium or nose pad to the vomeronasal organ via ducts inside the mouth. For humans and most primates, the philtrum survives only as a vestigial medial depression between the nose and upper lip. The human philtrum, bordered by a pair of ridges known as the ''philtral columns'', is also known as the ''infranasal depression'', but has no apparent function. That may be because most higher pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phocomelia
Phocomelia is a congenital condition that involves malformations of human arms and legs which result in a flipper-like appendage. A prominent cause of phocomelia is the mother being prescribed the use of the drug thalidomide during pregnancy; however, the causes of most cases are to be determined. Occurrence in an individual results in various abnormalities to the face, limbs, ears, nose, vessels and many other underdevelopments. Although operations may improve some abnormalities, many are not surgically treatable due to the lack of nerves and other related structures. The term is from Ancient Greek φώκη ''phōkē'', " seal (animal)" + ''-o-'' interfix + μέλος ''melos'', "limb" + ια ''-ia'' suffix). Phocomelia is an extremely rare congenital disorder involving malformation of the limbs ( dysmelia). Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire coined the term in 1836. Signs and symptoms The symptoms of phocomelia syndrome are undeveloped limbs and absent pelvic bones; however, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligodactyly
Oligodactyly () is the presence of fewer than five digits (fingers or toes) on a hand or foot.Medical terms Dictionary . Accessed February 16, 2010 It is quite often incorrectly called ''hypodactyly''; the Greek prefixes hypo- and hyper- are used for continuous scales (e.g. in and ), as opposed to |
PAX3
The PAX3 (paired box gene 3) gene encodes a member of the paired box or Pax genes, PAX family of transcription factors. The PAX family consists of nine human (PAX1-PAX9) and nine mouse (Pax1-Pax9) members arranged into four subfamilies. Human PAX3 and mouse Pax3 are present in a subfamily along with the highly homologous human PAX7 and mouse Pax7 genes. The human PAX3 gene is located in the 2q36.1 chromosomal region, and contains 10 exons within a 100 kb region. Transcript splicing Alternative splicing and processing generates multiple PAX3 isoforms that have been detected at the mRNA level. PAX3e is the longest isoform and consists of 10 exons that encode a 505 amino acid protein. In other mammalian species, including mouse, the longest mRNAs correspond to the human PAX3c and PAX3d isoforms, which consist of the first 8 or 9 exons of the PAX3 gene, respectively. Shorter PAX3 isoforms include mRNAs that skip exon 8 (PAX3g and PAX3h) and mRNAs containing 4 or 5 exons (PAX3a and P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Elizondo
Roberto Elizondo (born December 28, 1955) is an American former professional boxer of Mexican descent. Elizondo competed in the sport of professional boxing from 1977 to 1987, and he fought for the World Boxing Council's world Lightweight title twice, both times challenging unsuccessfully. Elizondo, from Corpus Christi, Texas, is a member of the Corpus Christi Boxing Hall of Fame. Professional boxing career Elizondo debuted on Tuesday, April 5, 1977, in the main event of an undercard held at the Lantana Sports Complex in Corpus Christi, against 4 wins, 8 losses Rodolfo Perez. In this fight, Elizondo scored his first knockout win, beating Perez in the first round. Elizondo began his professional boxing career with a hot streak, winning his first seven fights, six by knockout. This included his first fight outside Corpus Christi, when he met 2 wins, one loss Juan Venegas on August 15, 1978, in Houston, whom Elizondo beat by third-round knockout. On his eighth contest, Elizondo somewh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
